Ithimba elivela ku-NASA's Langley Research Center kanye nozakwethu be-NASA's Ames Research Center, Nano Avionics, kanye ne-Santa Clara University's Robotic Systems Laboratory bakha umgomo we-Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3).I-composite lightweight composite boom kanye nesistimu kaseyili yelanga, okungukuthi, okokuqala ngqa i-boom eyinhlanganisela isetshenziselwa amaseyili elanga emzileni.
Lolu hlelo lunikwa amandla elanga futhi lungathatha indawo yama-rocket propellants kanye nezinhlelo zokuhambisa ugesi.Ukuthembela ekukhanyeni kwelanga kunikeza izinketho okungenzeka zingenzeki ekwakhiweni kwemikhumbi-mkhathi.
I-boom eyinhlanganisela isetshenziswa yi-12-unit (12U) CubeSat, i-nano-satellite engabizi kakhulu enesilinganiso esingu-23 cm x 34 cm kuphela.Uma kuqhathaniswa ne-boom yensimbi evamile ekwazi ukusebenziseka, i-ACS3 boom ilula ngo-75%, futhi ukuwohloka kokushisa lapho kushisa kuncipha izikhathi eziyi-100.
Uma isisemkhathini, i-CubeSat izothumela ngokushesha i-solar futhi ikhiphe i-boom eyinhlanganisela, ethatha imizuzu engama-20 kuye kwengama-30 kuphela.Iseyili yesikwele yenziwe ngezinto ze-polymer eziguquguqukayo eziqiniswe nge-carbon fiber futhi zingamamitha ayi-9 ubude ohlangothini ngalunye.Le nto eyinhlanganisela ilungele imisebenzi ngoba ingagoqwa ukuze igcinwe ihlangene, kodwa isagcina amandla futhi imelana nokugoba nokungqubuzana lapho ichayeke ekushintsheni kwezinga lokushisa.Ikhamera engaphakathi izorekhoda umumo nokuqondanisa kweseyili esetshenzisiwe ukuze ihlolwe.
Ubuchwepheshe obuthuthukiselwe i-boom eyinhlanganisela yemishini ye-ACS3 bunganwetshwa emisebenzini yesikhathi esizayo yeseyili yelanga engamamitha-skwele angama-500, futhi abacwaningi basebenzela ukuthuthukisa amaseyili elanga angamamitha-skwele angama-2,000.
Imigomo yale mishini ihlanganisa ukuhlanganisa ngempumelelo oseyili kanye nokukhipha ama-boom ayinhlanganisela ku-orbit ephansi ukuze kuhlolwe ukwakheka nokusebenza kahle kwedizayini yamaseyili, kanye nokuqoqa idatha yokusebenza kukaseyili ukuze kuhlinzekwe ulwazi lokuthuthukiswa kwamasistimu amakhulu esikhathi esizayo.
Ososayensi banethemba lokuqoqa idatha evela kunjongo ye-ACS3 yokuklama amasistimu esikhathi esizayo angasetshenziselwa ukuxhumana nemisebenzi yokuhlola eqhutshwa umuntu, amasathelayithi axwayisa kusengaphambili ngesimo sezulu sasemkhathini, kanye nemishini yokuhlola emkhathini.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-13-2021